City of Clairton, PA
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2019-12-16
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THE CHARTER
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Chapter C Charter
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Article IV Operation and Procedures of Municipal Council
- THE CHARTER
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art IV Operation and Procedures of Municipal Council
- § C-401 Meetings.
- § C-402 Records.
- § C-403 Public meetings.
- § C-404 Operating rules.
- § C-405 Quorum.
- § C-406 Form of action by Council.
- § C-407 Citizens' right to be heard.
- PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE LEGISLATION
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 9 Ambulance Service
- Ch 11 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Citations
- Ch 17 City Property
- Ch 21 Contractor Certificates of Indebtedness
- Ch 25 Contracts, Deeds and Agreements
- Ch 28 Department of Community Development
- Ch 33 Financial Officer
- Ch 34 Financial Policies
- Ch 41 Human Needs and Resources Advisory Board
- Ch 47 Investments
- Ch 57 Manager, City
- Ch 61 Meetings
- Ch 69 Officers and Employees
- Ch 73 Ordinance Officer
- Ch 79 Pensions
- Ch 83 Personnel Board
- Ch 84 Personnel Rules and Regulations
- Ch 87 Planning Commission
- Ch 89 Police Department
- Ch 91 Public Service Special Commission
- Ch 95 Records
- Ch 97 Recovery Plan
- Ch 101 Recreation and Parks Advisory Board
- Ch 105 Retirement Benefits
- Ch 111 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 115 Sewer Authority
- Ch 125 Vacant Property Review and Economic Development Authority
- PART II: GENERAL LEGISLATION
- Ch 141 Activities, Temporary Outdoor
- Ch 145 Advertising Materials
- Ch 145A Airport Zoning
- Ch 146 Alarm Systems
- Ch 147 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 149 Amusement Devices
- Ch 155 Bicycles
- Ch 159 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 163 Building Construction
- Ch 167 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 169 Bushes, Shrubs and Hedges
- Ch 170 Claim Collections
- Ch 171 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 173 Curfew
- Ch 179 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 185 Electrical Standards
- Ch 189 Excavations
- Ch 195 Fees
- Ch 197 Firearms
- Ch 199 Fire Prevention
- Ch 203 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 208 Gas and Oil Exploration
- Ch 211 Grading, Paving and Curbing
- Ch 213 Graffiti
- Ch 214 Grease Traps and Interceptors
- Ch 215 Home Contractors
- Ch 217 Housing and Health Standards
- Ch 221 Insurance
- Ch 225 Junk and Junk Dealers
- Ch 228 Loitering and Prowling
- Ch 235 Mercantile Licenses
- Ch 237 Minors
- Ch 243 Noise
- Ch 245 Nonprofit Organizations
- Ch 247 Nuisances
- Ch 255 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 259 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 263 Personal Care Residence Homes
- Ch 267 Plumbing
- Ch 271 Poles and Wires
- Ch 274 Property Maintenance
- Ch 283 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 285 Rental Property
- Ch 291 Sales, Special
- Ch 293 Salt, Use of
- Ch 295 Sewers
- Ch 297 Signs
- Ch 299 Solid Waste
- Ch 303 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 307 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 315 Taxation
- Ch 317 Telephones, Outdoor Pay
- Ch 318 Tobacco-Free Zones
- Ch 319 Trees
- Ch 324 Vacant Structures and Properties
- Ch 327 Vehicles, Abandoned or Junked
- Ch 331 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 335 Water
- Ch 337 Zoning
- APPENDIX
- Ch A342 Cable Television Franchise
- DISPOSITION LIST
- Ch DL Disposition List
The Council shall hold public meetings at least once in each
month and at such other times as may be fixed by ordinance. Special
meetings may be called by the Mayor and shall be called by the Mayor
upon written request of at least two (2) of the members of Council.
Members shall have at least twenty-four (24) hours' notice of
such special meetings. The notice shall state whether it is for general
or special purposes. If it is for special purposes, the notice shall
contain a statement of the nature of the business to be considered.
Notice and agenda of all meetings shall be posted at the Municipal
Building twenty-four (24) hours prior to a meeting.
Council shall make and preserve minutes of all business and
committee meetings of Council. All records, documents and papers of
the municipality shall be available to the public in accordance with
the provisions of general law.
All business meetings and committee meetings of any public agency
shall be governed by the Sunshine Law, Act 84 of 1986.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See now the Sunshine Act, 65 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 701 et seq. (October 15, 1998, P.L. 729, No. 93).
The Council shall, by ordinance, adopt rules of procedure for
its meetings. Such rules shall be designed so as to assure full and
equal participation in the deliberations of the Council by its members.
Three (3) members of Council shall constitute a quorum. No business
shall be conducted or votes taken except in the presence of a quorum.
Official action of Council shall be taken by adoption of an
ordinance or a resolution or a motion. All ordinances and resolutions
must be in written form. All actions of a legislative character shall
be taken by ordinance. All other actions of Council shall be by resolution
or motion, unless otherwise required in this Charter or in the ordinance
establishing the rules of Councilmanic procedure. However, no administrative
action shall be void or adversely affected if it shall have been taken
by ordinance. All final action in adopting ordinances or resolutions
shall be by roll-call vote duly recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
An opportunity to address municipal public agencies shall be
afforded the public at all business meetings, at a time designated
in the agenda. The agencies may adopt reasonable rules and regulations
governing the conduct of their members and the public during participation
in the meeting.
